Branding device



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J. S.;SMITHSON.

BRANDING DEVICE.

PATENT ()FFICE.

JOSEPH S. SMITHSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BRANDING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,621, datedMay 29,1883. v

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Toall whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JOSEPH S. SMITHSON, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, now residingin Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsiu BrandingDevices, of which the following isa specification.

This invention is an apparatus for conven iently and economicallybranding the carcasses of hogs orother objects; and it consistsot' apeculiar brandingdevice and appliances whereby it is suspended, whilecapable of being moved to apply the branding-plate in the proper manner.

In the drawings-Figure I is a side view of the improved brandingapparatus, and Fig. 2 is a section of the branding device.

A and Bare two compartments of a short cylindrical metal box, I. Pipes Uand D supply the compartments A and B with air and gas, respectively,and tubes efrom the compartment A extend through flanged openings i atthe side of the compartment B and intoa nian using the brand applies itforcibly against the side of the suspended carcass.

In order that the branding device may have the mobility required toapply the plate square- 1 yupon the suspended carcass, the pipes G andD, supplying the gas and air. are made to subserve the purpose ofsuspending it flexibly and adjustably. Thus said pipes-are made offlexible tubing, except at the bends h h, and the pipes and brandingdevice are counterbalanced by a weight, M, attached to a cord, 8,connected.to the bends and passing around pulleys L L. Thiscounter-weight enables the workman using the brand to make an easy andimmediate vertical adjustment of the appliance, while the flexibletubing enables him to'turnor swing the branding device as de sired.Flexible tubing connects the ,bends with the gas or gasoline reservoirorpipes and with a blower supplying air. 7 The character of the brandingdevice may be varied and the air-blast may be dispensed with; but thedevice described is'most efl'ective, as the air-blast insures a rapidand intense heating of the plate.

I am aware that a branding device has been counterbalanced by means of acord and weight, and do not claim this; but my invention isdistinguished from such devices by the fact that I utilize thegas'conducting tube as a suspensory, whereas heretofore in all cases thegas-tube has lain upon the floor, where it is liable to injury, tobecome fouled, and in terferes with the passage of cars, loads, 850.

I claim- A branding apparatus consisting of a brand ingdevice in which aplate is heated by a gasburner, a flexible tube conducting gas to theburner and constituting a flexible suspenso-ry for the device, and acounter-balance connected to said tube, all as set forth.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two sub- V scribing witnesses.

, JOS. S. SMITEISON. 'Witnesses:

, F. GLENSIGN,

THEODORE REESE.

